Descendants of Charles Vidal of Jamaica

Sources

1R & T Vidal's
data base (Over several years Rosemary and Ted Vidal have built a substantial
data base of Vidal family information from John Henry Vidal's Black Book
and from family details provided by living Vidal relatives world wide. They
have not researched or cross-checked any of this information themselves.)

14 Mrs Maria Nugent
(later Lady Nugent), Lady Maria Nugent's Jamaica Journal
April 1801 -- Sept 1805 (Maria Nugent was General Nugent's wife. He was
Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica (1801-1806) and during most of his tour of
duty his wife accompanied him and kept a journal of her travels and time
in Jamaica. This first appeared as a private printing in 1839 and later was
published in 1907.)

16 Ibid, Letters of
Administration IB/11/17 No.13, page 130. '...John Vidal late of the parish
of Westmoreland [Jamaica] is deceased intestate, Charles Lewis Vidal as brother
requested to have administration of goods and chattels of John Vidal. Dated
13th September 1767.'.

21The Bristol
Mercury (Bristol), Monday, October 27, 1823 - Page 3. — DIED
Oct. 22, on Richmond Terrace, Clifton, universally beloved, John James Vidal,
Esq.; formerly Representative in the Hon. House of Assembly for the parish
of St. Thomas in the Vale, and a Judge in the Supreme Court of Judicature
in Jamaica.

22The Jamaica
Journal (Kingston, Jamaica), Page 584 - December 27th 1823 - Deaths.
— At his house on Richmond Terrace, Clifton to the inexpressible grief
of his disconsolate widow, his family, and friends, John James Vidal Esq.,
formerly representative in the Honourable house of Assembly for the parish
of St. Thomas in the Vale and a Judge in the Supreme Court of Judicature,
universally beloved, esteemed, and respected.

23Parish Registers
of Jamaica, St Elizabeth Parish - Vol 1 Page 313. —
John James Vidal of the Parish of Kingston Esq~ and Elizabeth Wade Allwood
of the Parish of Westmoreland Spinster were married by Licence on 15th May
1791 by me, Tho. Warren, Rector of St. Elizabeth.

25Jamaican Manumissions.
Name of the person manumitted: Louisa & her ch'n, Susan & Louisa....
Condition of the Manumission and the Name of the Testator: If the mother
can pay a reasonable sum - Mary Vidal....
Date of the Probate of the Will: 12 Feb'y 1824
.

26 Thomas Thistlewood,
In Miserable Slavery — Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 1750-86 ("In
Miserable Slavery" is an edited version of Thomas Thistlewood's extensive
diaries which, cover the period between 1750 and 1786 when he lived in the
Parish of Westmoreland in western Jamaica. It is the work of Professor Douglas
Hall and was first published in 1989 by The University of the West Indies
Press.), Page 74. Sunday, 7th November: About 4 in the morning set off
in Mr Mordiner's canoe to go a shooting to the seaside with him. Stephen
Vidal steered us. Thomas Thistlewood's diaries ran to about 10,000 pages.
Prof Douglas Hall has used them to create a remarkably vivid account of the
lives of whites, coloureds and slaves in the plantations of Jamaica at a
time when the island's sugar production was at its height and when the sugar
"plantocracy” ruled supreme.

27 Alice M Diehl,
The True Story of My Life (An autobiography with a photogravure portrait
of the author. Published by John Lane: London, 1907.

[Copy in British Library. Shelfmark: 010827.ee.7.]), Letter to Julie Vidal.

37 Ibid, St George
the Martyr, Southwark — Marriages. Marriages
No. 654} Charles Lewis Vidal of this parish a Widower and Martha Butler of
the Parish of St Benedict otherwise Bennet F??? London a Spinster were Married
in this Church by Licence this Twenty Eighth Day of March in the Year Thousand
Eight Hundred and Five By me Thos Wigrell? Curate [sig.]

45Parish Registers
of England and Wales, St Anne, Westminster — Marriage Register, 1817.
William Henry Vidal of this parish, bachelor, and Elizabeth Forrester Foot
of this parish were married in this Church sixteenth day of July one thousand
eight hundred and seventeen......in Presence of: Jesse Foot, John Forrester
Foot, Wm. Hall, James Maitland Dods?, George Vidal. ¶ Jesse Foot was
Elizabeth's uncle and had been a surgeon in Jamaica where, perhaps, he had
met the Vidals. In all probability, he was instrumental in introducing William
to the Foots in Soho. John Forrester Foot was Elizabeth's father. The family
lived in Dean Street, Soho at that time. George Vidal was William's stepbrother
who was living with his family in Bloomsbury.

51 Ibid, St Mary's
Parish — Baptisms. 1814... 3rd April... Elizabeth Jackson Vidal a person
of colour. The indications, from her Father's Will, are that Elizabeth
was the first child that Sarah bore him, so in all probability she was born
some time around 1794. She may not have been baptised at all but there is
an entry in the St Mary's Parish Register for a person of her name (there
were no other Elizabeth Jackson Vidals mentioned) but she would have been
about 20 years of age when she was baptised and the Register's note "a person
of colour" seems to confirm a mature baptism.

52Jamaica Almanack
(Published in Kingston, Jamaica by various persons depending on the year.),
Editions for the years 1818, 1821, 1822 & 1823.

54 Ibid, St Mary's
- Baptisms. 1796...April 5th...
Harriet Vidal a free quadroon child reputed d. of Stephen Vidal jun. by Sarah
White, a free malatto was baptised. Interestingly, Harriet was baptised
on the same day as William Henry Stephen Vidal the son of the recently deceased,
Stephen Vidal senior.

56 Unknown, Records
from the Jamaican Government Archives (These records contain lists of
official appointments of prominent Jamaicans and extracts from official
Jamaican records such as Patents, Inventories and Letters of Administration.),
Official appointments.

58 Inland Revenue,
Details on IR26 held by FRC, London, Copy Will and IR26 Reel 1024
Folio No. 143. —
Proved at London on 25th February 1824 before the Judge by the oath of Elizabeth
Wade Vidal widow relict one of the Executors to whom Administration was granted
having been first sworn by Commission only to administer. Personal estate
within the province [England] £9000
.

62 Probate Court,
Calendar of Grants of Probate and Administration, Wills 1858.
— VIDAL Elizabeth Wade 6 November
Effects under £300. Resworn at the Stamp Office Oct 1859 under £1000.
The Will of Elizabeth Wade Vidal late of Newport in the Parish of Bishop's
Tawton in the County of Devon, widow deceased, who died 18 October 1858 at
Newport aforesaid, was proved at Exeter by the oath of the Reverend Francis
Vidal of Eton College in the County of Buckingham, Clerk, the son and sole
Executor.

66 Ibid, St Andrew's
Parish - Marriages, Vol 1 Page 136. April 16th...
John Gale Vidal, of the Parish of St Catherine, Esquire, and Georgina Archbould
Dunston, of this Parish, Spinster, were joined together in the holy state
of matrimony on the sixteenth day of April 1818, by License.

72Royal Gazette
(Published in Kingston, Jamaica), Postscript to the July 17th-24th edition,
1813, Page 20. DIED
At her father's residence near Spanish Town, on 17th inst. in the 10th year
of her age, Miss Elizabeth Vidal, daughter of John James Vidal, Esq., after
a lingering and most distressing illness of 21 days. She was a child of the
finest promise, and her loss will be most deeply lamented by all those who
had an opportunity of estimating her merits.

73 Complied by Philip
Wright, Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica (Published by the Society
of Genealogists, London 1966), St Catherines Cathedral Church - Entry 1084.
—
Elizabeth youngest daughter of John James Vidal and Elizabeth Wade his wife
b. 16 June 1803, d. 17 July 1813.

93Parish Registers
of Jamaica, Bishop's Transcript — St George's Parish - Vol 1 Page 68.
No: 29...
George Barnes Vidal & Henrietta Phillips both of this parish were married
by Special Licence 1st day of January in the year 1836 by me Reverend R.
Forbes.

100 Ibid, Bishops'
Transcripts — Hanover Parish - Marriages. No: 69...
George William Brown and Ellen Georgina Vidal both of the Parish of Hanover
were married by banns on the 27th day of November in the year 1843 by me...
and J. Stainsby Rector.

109List of Fellows
& Members of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Published
in London — 31 August, 1850).

110 Probate Court,
Calendar of Grants of Probate and Administration, Wills and Admons
- 1881. —
VIDAL Horace 24 June
Personal Estate £1,622 7s 10d
Administration (with the Will) of the Personal Estate of Horace Vidal late
of Ifracombe in the County of Devon Surgeon who died 14 January 1881 at Wonford
House near Exeter in the said County was granted at Exeter under certain
Limitations to John Harris of Bideford in the said County and William Harris
of Woodbury in the said County Gentlemen for the use and benefit of Elizabeth
Lovering Vidal Widow the Relict the surviving Executor and Residuary Legatee.

116Colonial Standard
and Jamaica Despatch, Sept 12, 1850. — DIED...
Very suddenly, at Carawina Estate, Mrs Riguard, aged 29 years, sister of
J. B. Vidal Esq., Proprietor of Rock Spring. Her remains were showed to their
resting place by a numerous circle of friends to who her memory will ever
be endeared. The suggestion that Elizabeth was "...sister of J. B. Vidal
Esq., Proprietor of Rock Spring." is a journalistic error. The proprietor
of Rock Spring at the time she died was her first cousin G. B. Vidal; she
does not appear to have had a brother with the initials J. B. .

117 Complied by Philip
Wright, Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica (Published by the Society
of Genealogists, London 1966), Petersfield Church, Westmoreland Parish -
Entry No: 1997. —
Elizabeth relict of James Riguard Esq., and daughter of the late William
H. S. Vidal Esq., of St. Mary's, d. at Carawina estate in this parish, 1
September 1850, aged 28.

123Parish Registers
of England and Wales, St Mary's Church, Islington — Marriages. 1851.
Marriages solemnized at the Parish Church in the parish of Islington in
the County of Middlesex
No. 340 - 11 Oct 1851
William Foot Vidal, of full age, bachelor, Surgeon, Gray's Essex, William
Henry Vidal -- Surgeon
Maria Louise Briand, of full age, Spinster,-, 6 Park Terrace Highbury, Francis
George Charles Briand - Gentn.
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the
Established Church, by Licence by me -- Charles Cotton [sig.] Vicar of Chestry??

124Parish Registers
of Jamaica, St Mary's - Baptisms. 1796...April 5th...
Harriet Vidal a free quadroon child reputed d. of Stephen Vidal jun. by Sarah
White, a free malatto was baptised. Interestingly, Harriet was baptised
on the same day as William Henry Stephen Vidal the son of the recently deceased,
Stephen Vidal senior.

125Will,
PCC Wills — January 1841. Harriet Vidal of St Mary's Parish, County Middlesex,
Jamaica, spinster...
Will dated with April 1832, at Pleasant Hill. Administration granted to
Elizabeth Vidal, spinster, sister and one of the residual legatees.

128 Ibid, St Mary's
Parish — Baptisms— Vol I, 141. 1835... 6th November... Sarah Ray, [Mother]
Harriet Vidal not marr. (Prospect). The name in parentheses, Prospect,
without doubt refers to where Sarah's mother was living at the time and confirms
that the Vidals still held the estate known by that name and also called
Vidal's Prospect.

138Royal Gazette
(Kingston, Jamaica), January, 1857. At Pleasant Villa, Kingston, on Sunday
in the 25th instant, Marianne Williams, the beloved wife of John James Vidal,
Esquire, and the third daughter of the Honourable John Salmon, President
of the Legislative Council, to the great grief of her sorrowing husband and
relatives and deeply regretted by a large circle of friends and acquaintances,
aged 26 years.

141The Colonial
Standard and Jamaica Despatch (Kingston, Jamaica), Saturday, July 27,
1850. —
MARRIED
At the Cathedral, on Thursday, the 25th inst., by the Revd. Dr. Musson,
Stonehouse George Bunbury, Esq. Captain in her Majesty's 67th Regiment, youngest
son of Major General Bunbury, K.H., Lieutenant Governor commanding the Forces
in this Island, to Georgina Dunston, eldest daughter of John Gale Vidal Esq.,
Clerk to the Honourable House of Assembly.

142Parish Registers
of Jamaica, St Catherine's Parish - Marriages Vol 2 Page 288. —
Stonehouse George Bunbury (bachelor) Captain in H.M. 67 Regiment of Foot
and Georgina Dunston Vidal (spinster) of the parish of St Catherine were
married at the Cathedral Church, Spanish Town on twenty fifth day of May
1850.

156The Times
(London), Marriages. —
Jan 5, at Ilfracombe, W Rhodes James Esq., eldest son of the late Herbert
Jarrett James Esq., of Spanish Town, Jamaica to Mary, youngest daughter of
James Lister Esq., of Newport in the borough of Barnstaple.

166 Arthur Wilcox
Manning, Journal of a Voyage from Plymouth to Sydney in the ship Earl
Grey - 27/10/1839— 25/02/1840, Various pages -- see Detail Text. Page
124 — "... one of Mr Vidal's men.... I wish him joy of the man as he is
a most insolent fellow continually getting tipsy"

Page 163 — "... One of Mrs. Francis Vidal's servants is a very ill of
fever, but is rather better today".

Page 106 — died leaving "... pregnant widow with two children without a
sixpence".

Page 51 — Manning suspects that the 'tea party' was "... in fact an exercise
in gambling, drinking and playing cards".

Page 141 — "Matters have come to a great pitch and the word duel has more
than once been heard to pass between ' friends ' of the principals".

167N.S.W. Government
- Church of England Returns. Name of Rector Living
Parsonage Church Situated
1844 Rev. F. Vidal
Date of Appt. 19. 6. 1844 £150 Denham
Court, Liverpool
to 14th Jan. 1845 - Left the colony

.

168N.S.W. Government
Gazette (
), Feb 1841. Colonial Secretarys Office 10th. Feb. 1841
Savings Bank N.S.W. His Excellency has been pleased to appoint the following
Gentlemen to act as trustees for the receipts of deposits for the district
of Penrith: Sir John Jamison, Robert Copeland, Lethbridge Esq., George Cox
Esq., Henry Cox Esq., Charles Sims Esq. The Rev. Francis Vidal.

169 Susan McKernan,
Editor's Introduction to the 1990 edition of "Bengala or Some Time Ago"
by Mary Theresa Vidal (Published by New South Wales University Press,
PO Box 1 Kensington NSW in 1990. Susan McKernan edited a re-issued version
of "Bengala or Some Time Ago"), Pages xiv to xvii.

170 Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel Archives (Details of Register entries provided
to J R U Green by the Archivist, Catherine Wakeling, on 17 July 1999.), Francis
Vidal's records.

175 Probate Court,
Calendar of Grants of Probate and Administration, Wills and Admons
- 1884. VIDAL The Reverend Francis 26 July
Personal Estate £17,055 9s.
The Will of the Reverend Francis Vidal of Sutton in the County of Suffolk,
Clerk who died 26 June 1884 at 29 Royal-crescent, Bath in the County of Somerset
was proved at the Principal Registry by the Reverend Francis Furse Vidal
of Creeting in the County of Suffolk, Clerk, the son, the sole Executor.

179 Susan McKernan,
Editor's Introduction to the 1990 edition of "Bengala or Some Time Ago"
by Mary Theresa Vidal (Published by New South Wales University Press,
PO Box 1 Kensington NSW in 1990. Susan McKernan edited a re-issued version
of "Bengala or Some Time Ago"), Pages xiii to xxxi and Pages 441 & 442.

183The Wrexham
Weekly Advertiser, April 22, 1865 - Marriages. —
VIDEL—CUNLIFFE. — On the 19th inst., at Gresford Church, by the Rev. George
Cunliffe, M.A., uncle of the bride, the Rev. F. F. Videl, to Miss Lucy Mary
Cunliffe, of Gwastad, third daughter of the late R. E. Cunliffe, Esq.

189The Times
(London), April 27, 1878 - Marriages. —
At the Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, on April 24th by the Rev. F.
Furze Vidal, brother of the bridegroom, assisted by the Rev. William St.
Aubyn M.A., Rector, and the Rev. H. Maule Cole B.A., curate, JOHN HENRY VIDAL,
Commander R.N., third son of the Rev. Francis Vidal, vicar of Sutton, Suffolk,
to JULIA URSULA BANCROFT ESPEUT, younger daughter of the late Peter Alexander
Espeut of Jamaica.

191Parish Registers
of Australia, Feb 15, 1990 - Letter. —
Extract from letter from Lynette Thompson ( of St. Mary's Magdalene Anglican
Church's Research Register) to Mrs Lammerée:
"Elizabeth Theresa [Vidal] was baptised in the Church 22 April 1841.".

192The Times
(London), October 1, 1898 - Deaths. —
STONE — On the feast of St Michael and All Angels, at Park-mansion, Battersea,
in her 58th year, ELIZABETH THERESA wife of REV. EDWARD DANIEL STONE, and
only daughter of the late Rev. Francis and Mary Theresa Vidal. R.I.P.

194Uxbridge and
est Middlesex Royal Standard, August 10, 1861 - Marriages. —
On the 3rd inst. in Eton College Chapel, by the Rev. C. W. Furse, uncle of
the bride, the Rev. Edward D. stone, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge,
to Elizabeth Theresa, only daughter of the Rev. Francis Vidal, Eton College.

[In 1999 the grave where Robert was buried is not marked with a grave stone
though most other graves of the same period are. It is possible, therefore,
that no stone ever erected.].

199The Times
(London), January 25, 1870 - Marriages. On the 22nd, at Shottisham, Suffolk,
by the Rev. Wm. John Andrewes, brother of the bride, assisted by the Rev.
Francis Furse Vidal, brother of the bridegroom, the Rev. ROBERT WELLINGTON
VIDAL, of Sutton, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, to CAROLINE ELIZABETH , youngest
daughter of the Rev. Wm. NESFIELD ANDREWES, late Rector of Chilton, Suffolk.

201The Times
(London), 1907 October 16 - Deaths. VIDAL — on the 13th Oct., at Sydenham,
GEORGE WILLIAM VIDAL late of Bombay Civil Service, son of the late REV. FRANCIS
VIDAL, aged 62 years. Funeral at Elmer's End at 2.30p.m., today (October
16). Train leaves Charing-cross for Elmer's End Station at 1.38p.m. Indian
papers, please copy.

203Church Registers
of India (Extracts of Indian church registers for the areas Bengal, Bombay
and Madras are held in the British Library, London), Rutnaghery Church, South
Konkin, Dio. of Bombay. Jan 2nd 1871 - By licence
- George William Vidal, full age, bachelor, Bombay C. S., Rutnaghery
Father: Francis Vidal
- Cecilia Palmer Chapman, 19, spinster, -, Rutnaghery
Father: William Chapman.

204 HM Office for
National Statistics, General Register Index, Qrt Sept 1854 — Torrington
5b 1281. The GRI entry shows Marion's forename as Marianne; this may have
been a misrecording of her name when her birth was registered.

207 Ibid, St Michael
and All Angels Churchyard. Marion daughter of F. & M. T. Vidal
the kingdom of heaven
at rest
Sept 16 1854 Aged 18 days. Marion's grave is on the north side of the
church near the wall that separates the churchyard from New Street.

209 Probate Court,
Calendar of Grants of Probate and Administration, Wills and Admons
1875.
VIDAL Robert 15 December
Effects under £450
Administration (with the Will) of the effects of Robert Vidal late of 2 Barnabas-terrace
City-road in the City and County of Bristol, Gentleman, who died 6 November
1875 at Barnabas-terrace was granted at Bristol to Henrietta Alice Vidal
of 2 Barnabas-terrace, Spinster, the daughter, the Universal Legatee.

210 The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R)
(Copyright (c) 1980, 1997, data as of February 1997).

212 Ibid, Wills and
Admons - 1886. — VIDAL Henerietta Charlotte 29 May
Personal Estate: £121 6s 6d
Adminisrtation (with Will) of the Personal Estate of Henrietta Charlotte
Vidal formerly of Haverfordwest in the County of Penbroke but late of Piercefield
Ennerdale-road Kew Gardens Richmond in the County of Surrey who died 1 April
1886 at Piercefield was granted at the Principal Registry to Annette Chevalier
McEwan (wife of Robert McEwan) of Gordon House Kew in the County of Surrey
the daughter one of the Next of Kin and the sole legatee.

), May 19, 1930. Reports:
St Thomas's, Mulgoa [has] eight side windows of the church given by Messrs
Cox, Riley, Adams all as thanksgivings for peace after the Crimean War. One
with the initials A.C.V. given by the Rev. George Vidal, rector [1855-65]
in memory of his son.

VIDAL — The funeral of the late Miss Mary Vidal will leave St. Johns Church,
Darlinghurst this Monday at 2.30pm for Waverley cemetery. There will be a
short service in St. Johns at 2.15pm.
P. Kirby Son Ltd. Funeral Directors.

249 Unknown, Vidal
Bible transcript (Entries in George Vidal's family bible). January
19th 1851 at 3 o'clock a.m. at Woolongong, Illawarra , N. S. W. Arthur Charles
Vidal died he was buried on the following day in the Woolongong Burial ground.
.

"On a Sunday night, at 8 PM, a heavy SW gale force 11 raged until midnight,
when it swung to the south, forcing the Ocean Queen down onto the Little
Mewstone, where she quickly broke up, drowning all aboard. Eleven bodies
were washed up next morning and for the following day."

273Woolmer's
Exeter & Plymouth Gazette (Published at Plymouth), Jan 1, 1853 —
P 4 Col. A — PLYMOUTH — "Tremendous Gale -Great Loss of Life". "..............During
the same morning another ship supposed to be the "Ocean Queen", was lost
Eastward of this port. It is supposed that the master was endeavouring to
make the port of Plymouth from the Eastward, and having caught sight of the
Breakwater light inside the range of the Great Mewstone, he erroneously considered
himself in the fair way for the harbour, and did not discover his error until
the ship became entangled on the dangerous reefs connected with the Great
and Little Mewstones, or the Slimer's rocks inside. In either case the ship
would be immediately dashed to pieces, and all her ill-fated crew would perish.

A portion of her wreck was washed ashore in Oker Bay, or Wembury Church Bay,
which is West of the river Yealm. It consisted of a stern frame, with a part
of the truck; the famtis[sic] painted black, and has on it in large white
letters "Ocean Queen, of London." ..............."14 bodies were washed ashore
on Wednesday morning; two it was supposed, were passengers; nine looked like
seaman, two were mulattoes, and one a black man. An inquest has been held
on the bodies of the unfortunate men, and the jury have returned a verdict
of ' accidental death '.

274The Times
(London), January 1, 1853 — Page 3 Col. D. WRECK OF THE OCEAN QUEEN. —
PLYMOUTH, Thursday. — Messrs. Collier Brothers, of this port, the agents
for Lloyd's, have, since Tuesday morning, been actively engaged at Wembury
Bay in securing portions of the wreck and cargo of the brig Ocean Queen on
behalf of her owner, Mr. Shepheard, of London. Under cover of a self-made
law, by which they rule that, when no living thing survives in a ship, her
contents belong to whoever can grasp them, the parishioners of Wembury have
stolen and secreted in their cottages a stock of linen, dresses, candles,
&c., sufficient to supply all their reasonable wants for the next half-century.
One shoemaker is said to have stocked himself in leather equal to his ordinary
requirements for a very long period; and the distribution of saddles, boots,
and caps has extended some distance into the country. Such undisguised to
pilfering and open robbery deserves a severe check from the proper authorities.
Among the articles found there is a leather traveller's bag, marked "G. P.
Vidal, London." Affixed to the body of a seaman there is a belt, having
a knife attached, both marked "W. Gray." On the little finger of one of the
passengers was found a ring, bearing inside the following inscription:-"From
E. Patterson to H. Patterson, as a token of friendship, 1834." On the breast
of one of the seaman, tattooed with gunpowder, was the picture of a large
full-rigged ship; on the left arm of the body of a very fine young man, supposed
to be the master, was the form of a heart, attached to the upper part of
a wreath of laurel, inside of which were the following initials:- "W. H.,"
"G. H.," "W. H.," "E. M.," "E. H.," "H. A. H., H. K., J. L. H.," "T. H.,"
and "E. H." The father of the master is on the road from Fowey to Wembury
to identify the body of his son. Comment:
Though George Vidal's initials were G.B.V. the fact that the leather traveller's
bag is reported to have borne the mark "G. P. Vidal" may simply have been
a mishearing of the "B" or it may have been that the lower part of the "B"
was damaged making it looked like a "P". Whatever the case, the fact that
the traveller's bag was found with the name Vidal upon it is pretty conclusive
evidence that George was a passenger on the Ocean Queen.

284 Complied by Philip
Wright, Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica (Published by the Society
of Genealogists, London 1966), Petersfield Church, Westmoreland Parish -
Entry No: 1997. —
Elizabeth relict of James Riguard Esq., and daughter of the late William
H. S. Vidal Esq., of St. Mary's, d. at Carawina estate in this parish, 1
September 1850, aged 28.

288Calendar of
grants of Probate and Administration, Wills and Admons - 1870. —
VIDAL 21 February
Effects under £800
The Will of William Foot Vidal formerly of 10 Albion-terrace Albion-road
Stoke Newington in the County of Middlesex but late of Bethlehem Royal Hospital
Lambeth-road in the Brough of Southwark in the County of Surrey deceased
who died 19 January 1870 at Bethlehem Royal Hospital aforesaid was proved
at the Principal Registry by the oath of Maria Louisa Vidal of 10 Albion-terrace
aforesaid Widow the Relict the sole Executrix.

311 Pleasance Bevan,
Reminiscences of the Vidals (Details and recollections of the Vidal
family, particularly Furse Vidal's children of whom Pleasance's mother, Maude,
was one. These were recorded by Pleasance Bevan (née Scrutton) in
1972 for the benefit of her two sons.), Furse Vidal. —
"He also had a fine tenor voice and was much in demand to sing after dinner,
which was the fashionable after-dinner pastime in those days. At one time
he thought of becoming an opera singer and went to Paris for training, but
at the end of about 18 months his singing master told him that though he
could make the grade, his throat would never stand the strain. In those days
he was told there was a tendency to gout in his throat, though I don't know
if doctors of today would think such a thing possible."
—
"While my Grandfather was in Paris for voice-training he went to see his
only sister, Lily, who was at a Finishing School there, and as he was talking
to Lily in the hall, a girl looked over the bannisters down at them. This
was Lily's great friend, Lucy Cunliffe,. Apparently Grandfather decided there
and then that he would marry her one day, and he did, though not without
a good deal of opposition from Lucy's guardians (her parents had died) who
did not consider Furse Vidal at all a good match financially for Sir Robert
Cunliffe's daughter."
.

318Church Registers
of India (Extracts of Indian church registers for the areas Bengal, Bombay
and Madras are held in the British Library, London), Chinsurah, Bengal -
Baptisms 1843. When baptised: December 9th
Said to be born: November 10th 1843
Child's Name: Lucy Mary
Sex: Girl
Parent's Name: Robert Ellis & Charlotte Maria Jane Cuncliffe
Abode: Chinsurah
Quality, Trade or Profession: Bengal Civil Service
By whom the ceremony was performed: Horatio Moule, Chaplain.

348 Ibid, Wills and
Admons - 1885.
VIDAL Charles Johnson 26 March
Personal Estate £291 13s 11d. Resworn August 1885 £984 13s 11d.
Administration of the Personal Estate of Charles Johnson Vidal late of Villa
Lucie, Dinard in the Department of Ille and Vilaine in France a Captain in
the Royal Navy who died 14 February 1885 at Villa Lucie was granted at the
Principal Registry to Margaret Catherine Lacelles Vidal of Villa Lucie, Widow,
the Relict. .

354The Times
(London), April 20, 1896 - Marriages. —
DUBRUEL:VIDAL. — On the 14th April, at St. Mary Magdalene's, Mortlake, by
the Rev. Gerard J. Ford, DR EMILE DUBRUEL, of the French Navy, stationed
at Saigon, Cochin China, to DAISY, daughter of the late CAPTAIN CHARLES JONHSON
VIDAL, Royal Navy, and MRS RICHARD WITTY, Percy Lodge, East Sheen.

359 Pleasance Bevan,
Reminiscences of the Vidals (Details and recollections of the Vidal
family, particularly Furse Vidal's children of whom Pleasance's mother, Maude,
was one. These were recorded by Pleasance Bevan (née Scrutton) in
1972 for the benefit of her two sons.)

363The Times
(London), June, 1939 — Deaths. VIDAL. — On June 5, 1939, suddenly in a
nursing home, JULIA URSULA BANCROFT, wife of the late CAPTAIN J. H.VIDAL,
R.N., and daughter of the late Hon. Peter Espeut. Funeral service 1.30
p.m., Friday, June 9th, at St. Michael's, Sutton Court, Chiswick. Internment
2 p.m., that Chiswick Old Cemetery. No mourning, no flowers, by special
request. (Or will friends kindly accept this intimation.)

366Daily Telegraph,
September 16, 1952 - Deaths.
VIDAL. — On Sept. 14, 1952 at Shrewsbury, Colonel Francis Peter Vidal, C.B.E.,
of Canonbury House, Shrewsbury, eldest son of the late Captain J. H. Vidal
R.N., and for the last 46 years beloved husband of Mary. Funeral at Chiswick
Old Cemetery Church at 1.30p.m. to-morrow (Wednesday).

373The Times
(London), 1905 April 28 - Marriages. —
GREEN:VIDAL — On the 26th April, at Christ Church, Turham-green, Chiswick,
W. by the Rev. Percy J. Donovan M.A. RICHARD JAMES GREEN, younger son of
E. T. ELKINS-GREEN of Sunderland, Madeline, only daughter of CAPTAIN JOHN
HENRY VIDAL, R.N. (Retired), and granddaughter of the late Hon. Peter A.
Espeut of St. Andrews, Jamaica.

383The Times
(London), May, 1920 — Marriages. VIDAL: MCKAY. — On the 1st May, 1920,
at Esher Parish Church, by the Rev. John Kestell Floyer, Rector of the Parish,
JOHN FURSE BANCROFT VIDAL, M.C., youngest son of the late Captain John Henry
Vidal, R.N., and Mrs Vidal, of Chiswick and Jamaica, to AUDREY FLORENCE,
youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McKay, of Engledene, Esher, Surrey.

389The Times
(London), December 23, 1907. STONE : BOVILL.— On the 21st Dec., at St.
Batholomew the Great, West Smithfield, by the Revd. F. Stone, of Radley College,
assisted by the Revd. F. G. L. Lucas, of Campsea Ashe, EDWARD WELLINGTON
STONE, of Eton College, son of the Revd. E. D. Stone, to LAURA NEVILLE, youngest
daughter of the late J. E. BOVILL, of Dorking.

390 Ibid, May 31,
1904. —
CARTER : STONE. — On the 24th May, at the Church of S. Helen, Abingdon, by
the Bishop of Reading, THOMAS BUCHANAN, eldest son of the late JOHN PROCTOR
CARTER, and MARGARET THERESA, third daughter of the REVEREND E. D. STONE.

391 Ibid, March 2,
1901 - Deaths. STONE — On the 28th Feb., at Marlborough College, WILLIAM
JOHNSON STONE, son of the Rev. E. D. STONE, formerly Assistant Master
at Eton, in his 29th year.

398The Times
(London), Report - November 20th 1908.
Only a few near relatives and friends wer present at the marriage of Mr Christopher
Reynolds Stone and Mrs Walter Chinnery, of The Hill, Witley, Surrey, which
took place, by special licence, on Tuesday afternoon, at St. Michael's, Chester-square.
The bride was given away by Mr. G. T. Chinnery, of the Coldstream Guards.
She was married in a travelling dress of brown velvet, trimmed with lace
and braid, with a hat to match. Mr. T. Balston was best man.

424 Probate Court,
Calendar of Grants of Probate and Administration, Wills and Amons
- 1957.
— CHATHAM or HENDERSON or VIDAL Lois of The Hospital Coulsdon Surrey single
woman died 28 November 1956 Administration (with Will) (limited) London
19 February to Charles John Vidal of no occupation attorney of Ruth Frances
Vidal. Effects: £1503 0s 3d.

430Amateur Sport
Illustrated (This magazine, first published in October 1907, was the
successor to the "Lawn Tennis and Badmington" magazine.), October 24, 1907
- Page 21.

431 Probate Court,
Calendar of Grants of Probate and Administration, Wills and Admons
1907. VIDAL George William of "Torrington" West-hill Sydenham Kent and
of Lincoln's Inn Middlesex died 13 October 1907 at "Torrington" Probate
London 2 November to Cecilia Palmer Vidal widow. Effects: £11168 7s
10d.

446Church Registers
of India (Extracts of Indian church registers for the areas Bengal, Bombay
and Madras are held in the British Library, London), Jan 16th 1879 - St John's
Church, Dapoli, Dio. of Bombay.

455The Times
(London), May 1, 1914 - Marriages. —
VIDAL:WHEELER — On 28th April, at the Parish Church, Eastbourne, by the Venerable
Archdeacon of Hastings and the Rev. G. M. Davis, Vicar of Nildmore, HUGH
STANLEY GEORGE, elder son of MAJOR L. H. VIDAL, late Indian Staff Corps,
to DOROTHY DAISY, daughter of the late Rev. W. H. WHEELER, Rector of Berrow,
Somerset. Indian papers, please copy.

481The Times
(London), February 10, 1923. —
VIDAL:FELLOWES. — On the 8th Feb., 1923, at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge,
by the Revd. John Fellowes, Rector of Bunwell, Norfolk, EDWARD HENRY VIDAL,
only surviving son of the late H. W. Vidal, to BARBARA MAUD FELLOWES, youngest
daughter of the late Commander C. J. Fellowes, R.N. and Mrs Charles Fellowes.

497The Otago
Daily Times (Published in Dunedin, New Zealand), Husband's death notice
- July 20, 1955.

498School Register/Record,
Framlingham College Register - Pages 144 & 145. —
2290. VIDAL, Major Alan Cunliffe D.S.O., 1892-98. B. 2.5.1880. Brother
of 2230. Prefect. Cricket XI. 1895, 1896, 1897; Captain 1898. Football
XI. 1895-96, 1896-97, 1897-98. Victor Ludorum and Captain of Athletics
1898. Edinburgh University; Royal Coll. of Surgeons, Edinburgh. L.R.C.P.,
L.R.C.S., Edin. 1904; M.R.C.P., Edin., Hon., 1916. Royal Army Medical Corps;
Lt. 31.7.1905; Captain 29.8.1909; Major 28.2.1918; ret. Served in lst World
War, 1914-21, France and Belgium; prisoner of war at Ligny-en-Cambrésy
27.8.1914; was taken to Torgau, Burg, Halle and Wittenburg and was kept at
the last named prisoners’ camp from 11.2.1915 to 20.2.1916, where he assisted
in the medical treatment of typhus patients. There were 13,000 prisoners
(9,000 Russians, 3,000 French, 900 British); 1,200 typhus patients were under
treatment at one time: four of the six British medical officers contracted
the disease, and three died, including Capt. Stephen Field, O.F., q.v.;
the food supplied by the enemy consisted mainly of thick soup “containing
a minimum of meat,” and bread, and parcels of food were, sent to the prisoners.
from England The prolonged detention of medical officers by the Germans
in violation of the Geneva Convention, aroused world-wide indignation The
United States Ambassador intervened in August 1915; the German Government
informed him that “Capt. Vidal was to be detained for the present for military
reasons,” but promised early repatriation. Questions were asked in the House
of Commons 21.2.1916 before the fact of the release was known. Scientific
records of all the typhus cases were kept throughout the whole period. Capt.
Vidal reached London 23.2.1916. Distinguished Service Order 18.4.1916.
“For distinguished service and devotion to duty at the Camp at Wittenburg,
Germany during the Typhus Epidemic which prevailed there from February to
June 1915” (‘The London Gazette’); despatches; 1914-15 Star and clasp, British
War Medal Victory Medal. The Gold Medal “for life saving” of the Order of
the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England conferred by decree of a
Chapter-General 28.7.1916. Distributed the prizes on Speech Day, 1919.
Medical Officer in charge of Ampleforth Coll.; and Medical Officer, Ampleforth
Coll. Prep. Sch., Gilling Castle, Yorks. Ampleforth. York.
.

499Medical Directory
(An annual directory of persons holding medical qualifications allowing them
to practice as physicians or surgeons in the United Kingdom.), 1956 - Part
2.

500 Sir Robert Drew,
Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army - 1660-1960
Roll of Officers in the Royal Army Medical Corps 1898-1960 (The Wellcome
Historical Medical Library, London. 1968), Entry 476 on Page 64.

529The Times
(London), October 3, 2002 — Page 37 — Deaths. VIDAL — Helen Elizabeth (January
1909 - September 2002), peacefully and at peace after a long and successful
career, retiring as Headmistress of Kesteven and Sleaford High School in
1971 aged 62 years. A much loved sister, aunt, great-aunt, mentor and friend,
who will be sadly missed by all who knew her. Private funeral at Gosfield,
Essex and a memorial service at the Church of St Denys in Sleaford on 22nd
October at 2.00 pm. No flowers but donations to create The Helen Vidal Memorial
Fund, and letters, may be sent to the school c/o the Headmistress, NG34 7RS.

DURING her 24 years as headmistress of Sleaford Girls' High School, not many
things escaped the attention of Miss Helen Vidal. But on Friday, her last
day, the whole school -- 430 girls -- had the last laugh, or perhaps it should
be the last tear.

The highlight of an understandably emotional final assembly arrived when
six girls in possession bore forward a patchwork bedspread, to which every
girl in a school had contributed at least one colourful patch of cloth.

Miss Vidal's deputy, Miss E. A. V. Hull explained: "To mark Miss Vidal's
retirement and to thank her for all she has done, the school gave her a cut
glass water jug and tumblers. But the patchwork bedspread was a more individual
and personal present. We also made a book which contains the signature of
every girl, so that she will have a record of those who are represented by
the patches on the bedspread."

All of this work went on under Miss Vidal's nose -- and she never suspected
a thing.

"It was kept absolutely secret," said Miss Hull. "It sometimes meant working
out of sight on the floor of the needle room, and sometimes setting up a
system of warning that she was in the vicinity."

To mark the occasion, our staff photographer [Sleaford Standard staff] Gordon
Brotherton -- with Miss Hull's help -- staged managed this picture [large
photograph of all the girls with Helen in the foreground holding the patchwork
bedspread] of the whole school with Miss Vidal and the patchwork gift on
the school's tennis courts.

Miss Vidal told him: "I thought something was afoot when I saw you here today."
But that was the only to she had.